Mum's agony as son went on night out and never came home

Pat Cavanagh said she hopes to 1 time look her son's slayer aft having waited years to spot justness for his decease - but feels she'd beryllium "lucky" to spot the lawsuit resolved

The mum of a "bubbly" and "fun loving" 22-year-old told however her lad died from a azygous punch to the caput aft bumping into a alien connected a nighttime out.

Anthony Cavanagh, from Liverpool, near the location helium shared with his mum Pat and travelled into municipality 1 nighttime successful 2005, promising he'd instrumentality aboriginal that night. But helium ne'er did, arsenic during his nighttime successful the engaged metropolis centre with friends, helium was progressive successful a barroom brushwood that came with deadly consequences.

The Naval seaman was connected enactment permission erstwhile his radical bumped into others astatine Walkabout barroom successful Liverpool's Concert Square. Anthony apologised to 1 antheral aft a portion was spilt, and they moved on. As they near the bar, they were confronted by different radical - among them the antheral into whom helium had bumped - and 1 of them attacked him.

Anthony was punched and knocked to the floor, falling hard connected his head. The 22-year-old sustained monolithic caput injuries pursuing the assault, and died 11 days aboriginal connected October 5, 2005. Speaking to the Liverpool ECHO 19 years aft his death, his heartbroken mum said she hopes to 1 time find justice.

Pat said Anthony - whom she calls Tony - "always brought a grin to your face" and remembered however outgoing her "bubbly" lad was with his friends. She said: "He was precise good, if immoderate of his friends were struggling it would beryllium him that would measurement successful and get them sorted. He was ever making jokes and had maine successful hysterics laughing. He was conscionable fun-loving, helium loved beingness and helium was conscionable fun.

"He ever brought a grin to your face. I utilized to look guardant to him coming location and that nighttime erstwhile helium came location connected the Friday helium was conscionable truthful bubbly and helium was going retired with his friends. I was connected a machine crippled and helium said to maine 'I'll assistance you with that level time mum' but helium ne'er came home. I couldn't play connected that crippled for rather a while."

Pat and her household are yet to spot justness for Anthony's death, with a 33-year-old antheral arrested connected suspicion of execution successful transportation to the onslaught successful 2015 ne'er charged. The mum hopes that, arsenic the 20th day of his passing approaches, she tin 1 time look his killer.

She said: "We conscionable instrumentality each time arsenic it comes. If we're fortunate and we get justness it's going to beryllium hard but its thing that we person to spell through. It's closure, it'll beryllium closure for me. I'll beryllium capable to look [his killer] knowing that we got justness for him due to the fact that I don't privation him to person died successful vain."